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Twenty days after the Niners traded for the six-year veteran in a deal that was voided by Wright’s subsequent failed physical, they signed him to a one-year contract today and placed him on the non-football injury/illness list.

Wright, 28, will count against the team’s 90-man roster limit. If he remains on the NFI list at the start of the regular season, he will not count against the 53-man roster. To make room for him, the 49ers waived undrafted rookie cornerback Lowell Rose, who was also released when Wright was acquired via trade with Tampa Bay. The nature of Wright’s injury or illness is not known.

“We are pleased to welcome Eric to the 49ers organization and look forward to his contributions,” general manager Trent Baalke said. “Eric is currently tending to a personal matter and he will join the team as soon as possible.”

After the trade was voided, the Buccaneers released Wright, who endured a nightmarish 2012 season after signing a five-year, $37.5 million contract. In his lone season with Tampa Bay, Wright was arrested for DUI (charges were later dropped), suspended four games for using performance enhancing drugs and had an Achilles injury that forced him to miss one game and play reduced snaps in others.

On the field, quarterbacks completed 62.5 of their passes and had a 96.6 rating when throwing into Wright’s coverage, according to Pro Football Focus.

On July 12, Wright was arrested for DUI in Los Angeles, but charges have not been filed, according to multiple reports.

Since the vetoed trade, the 49ers’ cornerback depth has suffered. No. 3 cornerback Chris Culliver, who played 64 percent of their defensive snaps in 2012, sustained a torn ACL last week. In Culliver’s absence, Tramaine Brock, a former undrafted free agent who has played 135 snaps in his three-year career, has assumed his role in training camp. Another candidate, former All-Pro Nnamdi Asomugha, 32, is coming off the worst season of his 10-year career and recently received a lukewarm review from defensive coordinator Vic Fangio.

Wright, a San Francisco native who was a second-round pick in 2007, has 14 interceptions in his 81-start career. The 49ers will be the fourth team he’s played for in his career, which began with stints with the Browns (2007-10) and Lions (2011).